WINTER WONDERLAND

The bloggers I read from up north and those I know who have been traveling or will be traveling to or from the north have been talking about the snow. We experienced our own kind of winter wonderland here this weekend only with rain and fake snow. Friday evening my brother, his wife, mother and I all went to Tampa to see the Radio City Music Hall Rocketts. I think I mentioned in a previous blog that we were going. Well, it was fantastical, as our Spanish friends say. I actually became more interested in the stage props and the lighting than in the music and high kicking although I enjoyed that too. I'm always amazed with the technicality of big productions such as this, opera, ballet, etc. It was a feast for the eyes. Most memorable was the living nativity at the end complete with camels, donkeys, and sheep that were beautiful specimens and obviously well trained as stage animals. The costumes were breathtaking. I never expect to see anything to top it. This was a dream of many years come true for me.

We are experiencing a huge weather change today. It was 70 degrees at 6 a.m., the warmest temp of the day, and is going to be down around freezing by tonight. I will attend a church Christmas program tonight with family and friends and that will be the end of this year's holiday entertainment. Tomorrow Natalie flies in, weather permitting, and we will have a festive few days together with family gathering at my home on Tuesday night for Mexican food. Mmmm! This has been my best holidays since moving here in 2002. It has taken me all that time to adjust to being here and all the changes that have come into my life. It gets sweeter as time passes.